Eric Lavallée

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Travis Mathews’ Oscillate Wildly

Slowly moving away from the docu world, but keeping with real life subjects, filmmaker Travis Mathews first gained entry into Sundance with the New...

2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Sophie Goodhart’s My Blind Brother

Despite being a first time feature filmmaker, if Sophie Goodhart were to get into Sundance...it wouldn't be her first visit. She started off in...

2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Chad Hartigan’s Morris from America

His sophomore film received a ton of fanfare after premiering at Sundance's NEXT section (and the first edition of the NEXT Weekend event) back...

2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special

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2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Robert Schwartzman’s MF

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